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Ramotar denies PPP wants to extend term

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Ramotar denies PPP wants to extend term

…Party baffled at opposition stance on reopening registration The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said that it was baffled at the opposition stance on the re-opening of the...

Law enforcement officials bust human trafficking ring in city

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Law enforcement officials bust human trafficking ring in city

Recently, law enforcement authorities conducted a raid on the ” COPA CABANA”, a Brazilian bar located on Cummings Street , Alberttown, Georgetown , and found...

Guyana Watch off to a good start

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana Watch off to a good start

Treats 700 patients in just two days Hundreds of West Bank Demerara residents took advantage of the free clinic offered by the Guyana Watch Medical team yesterday at the Patentia Secondary School....

Argentine navy ship visits Guyana on tour

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Argentine navy ship visits Guyana on tour

In advancing diplomatic ties with Guyana, the Argentine Navy ship “Libertad” is visiting the country on a mission to promote peace and solidarity, while saluting the Presidency of Guyana at the...

Maintaining a sanctuary for the children of Buxton

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Maintaining a sanctuary for the children of Buxton

– Yvette Herod is a ‘Special Person By Neil Marks When Yvette Herod talks about the Toucan II Multi-Purpose Club being a sanctuary for “hundreds” of children from the twin villages of...

Dem boys seh…Is a confusing world

Jul 17, 2011 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Is a confusing world

Old people have a saying that only de good die young. Well dem boys want fuh know when young people dead why people does mek suh much fuss. Some of de people does cry and seh how de person ain’t...

Region Two NDCs beg for property revaluation

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region Two NDCs beg for property revaluation

…say too much money lost because of archaic laws Regional officials, along with councillors, within the county of Essequibo, are asking for the intervention of the Ministry of Local Government, to...

Differently-able community benefits from HIV/AIDS training

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Differently-able community benefits from HIV/AIDS training

An HIV/AIDS awareness workshop which ended on Tuesday, last, has now left 25 differently-able persons more educated and informed about the deadly disease, its prevention and treatment available. The...

Over 200 graduate from Kuru Kuru Training Centre

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Over 200 graduate from Kuru Kuru Training Centre

After 10 months of rigorous training in various fields at the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) located on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, 236 students officially graduated from the Youth...

Six teachers who participated in 2010 Remedial Programme still not paid

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Six teachers who participated in 2010 Remedial Programme still not paid

Several teachers who participated in the 2010 Ministry of Education Remedial Programme in Berbice have not been paid. Two of those teachers, Basdeo Utam and Wazir Omar of the Berbice Educational...

Has No Child Left Behind, left us behind?

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Has No Child Left Behind, left us behind?

On October 13, 2004 with reference to the No Child Left Behind Act President Bush stated “ …guess who would get shuffled through? Children whose parents wouldn’t speak English as a first...

Mahdia vendors’ arcade

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Mahdia vendors’ arcade

Chairman of the Mahdia Committee Development Council, which was formerly the Mahdia Fire Victims Committee, Floyd Herman, has reported that most of the infrastructural works at the burnt out...

Corentyne woman missing, family fears worst

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne woman missing, family fears worst

The relatives of a 46-year-old Corentyne woman are fearful that something dreadful may have befallen her, since she has gone missing for more than a month. They said that Basmat Anantram was last...

Police and thief

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Police and thief

By Michael Benjamin In September 1983, I enrolled for a place in the now defunct Guyana National Service (GNS) as a pioneer in the Joint Services Recruit and Orientation Course (JSROC) and was...

Senior Constabulary rank placed on $400,000 bail

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Senior Constabulary rank placed on $400,000 bail

The senior constabulary rank attached to the New Amsterdam Constabulary who was implicated in the recent escape of prisoner Krishna Paul Doerga from the New Amsterdam Prison has been charged with...

From the Diaspora…MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND”PRESIDENT TO BE”

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on From the Diaspora…MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND”PRESIDENT TO BE”

By Ralph Seeram It was an occasion I was looking forward to, an opportunity not only to meet President Bharrat Jagdeo but also the PPP presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar. To those in Guyana this...

UCCCI hosts Suriname’s Ambassador at appreciation dinner

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on UCCCI hosts Suriname’s Ambassador at appreciation dinner

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) at its Second Annual Appreciation Dinner last Saturday at the Countryside Restaurant on the Corentyne, hosted the Ambassador of the...

Region One hosts event for persons with disabilities

Jul 17, 2011 KNews News Comments Off on Region One hosts event for persons with disabilities

On July 12, last, some 90 persons marched in Mabaruma, to celebrate Rehabilitation Week 2011. The event celebrated under the theme “Making Rehab Services more visible in Region One” was...

Cartoons Sun. July 17, 2011

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The Guyanese people must be blamed for elected dictatorship

Jul 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Guyanese people must be blamed for elected dictatorship

Dear Editor, I did not know that in the covenant between Opposition Leader, Desmond Hoyte and President Jagdeo on the creation of the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB) that of the three...

This is very atrocious and disrespectful to paying customers

Jul 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on This is very atrocious and disrespectful to paying customers

Dear Editor, I hereby request space in your prestigious letter column to share a terrible story that was witnessed by myself and family during a recent visit to Guyana. On July 5, 2001 we visited the...

Beacon Nurses have developed an extremely professional and highly valued service

Jul 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Beacon Nurses have developed an extremely professional and highly valued service

Dear Editor, Although I am a very small foreign cog in this important wheel, I want to thank you personally for your support for the Palliative Care (p/c) initiatives that are developing here in...

PPP/C has always been Multi Ethnic in its Composition

Jul 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on PPP/C has always been Multi Ethnic in its Composition

Dear Editor, It would seem that with elections in the air, many will attempt to latch unto anything that will serve to dent the PPP/C’s chances of winning again. M. Maxwell is no different. He has...

An appeal to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Greene, D.S.S. , D.S.M

Jul 17, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on An appeal to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Greene, D.S.S. , D.S.M

Dear Editor, I hereby appeal to Henry Greene Commissioner Police to resign from the Guyana Police Force. This letter is in no way intended to disrespect or embarrass him. It is simply an appeal for...

APNU

Jul 17, 2011 knews Editorial Comments Off on APNU

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was officially launched last Friday, after an initial announcement about a month ago. The entity, however, like an old Cecil B. DeMille’s production, has...

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Dolphin Secondary, East Ruimveldt seal Round-5 victories in Republic Bank U-18 Football League

A shameful abdication of leadership

…Peeping Tom Kaieteur News- The PPPC government has reached a new low in its spineless defense of the lopsided Production... more